Two men have who helped transport £100,000 worth of drugs across counties have been jailed.

Rhys Johnson-Charles, 20, from Ellwood Gardens in Watford is one of two men who transported 1.5kg of heroin and cocaine from London to the south west of England by train.

The class A drugs were supplied in areas including Bath, Wiltshire, Cornwall, Devon, and Avon and Somerset between October 2019 and December 2020.

Arrests were made following a joint-operation between Avon and Somerset Police and the Metropolitan Police.

This includes:

  • Johnson-Charles, who was jailed for five years at Bristol Crown Court on February 12. He was sentenced to another nine months for breaching his suspended sentence for a previous drug offence.
  • Rickai Codner, 21, of Larkspur Close in London, who was jailed for four years and eight months.

Stephen Adetoyi, 22 from Bromley is due to be sentenced for the same offence at a future date.

Sergeant Darrell Boothroyd, of the operation remedy team, said: “These sentences come following a lengthy investigation, led by PC Kayleigh Hole.

“The pair played a significant role in this regional drug supply operation by taking over properties of vulnerable people across different counties in order to deal class A drugs.

“Dealing class A drugs has a huge impact on local communities, increasing serious and acquisitive crime, along with antisocial behaviour.

“We will not tolerate drug supply in Avon and Somerset and will continue to target dealers whose actions bring about misery to local communities.

“We’d urge anyone who has issues in their neighbourhood to contact the police on 101. These reports are vital in helping us to build up a picture of what is happening in a given area so we can take proactive action and bring offenders to justice.”